1A Ruakaka Street
3 council reports since January 2026, 3 carrying a photograph. The most-reported address on Ruakaka Street.
From the air, then
Sourced from Canterbury Maps and partners. LINZ, CC BY 3.0 NZ. Each frame is cut from Environment Canterbury’s historic imagery MapServer for that decade, only where the Footprints layer names a CC BY survey (NZAM-covered spots stay out). RetroLens holds more Crown aerials →
The green nearby
- Denton Park, 220 m to the edge · Sports ground · 7 ha · playground, 2 pieces
- Waitohi Reserve, 250 m to the edge · playground, 8 pieces
- Springmead Park, 336 m to the edge · playground, 21 pieces
- Goulding Playground, 400 m to the edge · playground, 39 pieces
Parks within half a kilometre, measured to the boundary, the council’s open data. The whole roll is at /parks.
The civic shelf nearby
- Hornby Library, 338 m away · Library
Libraries, halls and the rest within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
On the doorstep
- Denton Park Motel, 223 m away · Motels
- Roast Republic, 350 m away · Fast food
- AA Vehicle Testing Christchurch, 351 m away · Car repair
- Ichiban, 356 m away · Fast food
Businesses within four hundred metres, measured at the pin, OpenStreetMap and the council directories.
The bus nearby
- Main South Rd near Seymour St, 182 m away · route 5, route 130
- Main South Rd near Seymour St, 195 m away · route 5, route 130
The closest Metro stops, within four hundred and fifty metres.
The tracks through here
- Walk and bike track through Hornby, 275 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Hornby, 409 m to the line · walk · bike
- Walk and bike track through Hornby, 493 m to the line · walk · bike
Tracks whose line passes within half a kilometre, the council’s open data.
The remembered names nearby
- This Tree Was Planted by the Riccarton, 240 m away ·
THIS TREE WAS PLANTED BY THE RICCARTON / WIGRAM COMMUNITY BOARD TO COMMEMORATE 100 YEARS O
· 2013
Inscribed plaques within two hundred and fifty metres, the register’s pins, not surveyed spots. The whole roll is at /plaques.
Renting nearby
new bonds in Hornby ran about $550 a week, about the city median, the suburb page keeps the rent record →.
What gets reported here
Photographed here 3 on record
What’s on record
Pavement - Damaged, 25 Jul 2026 9 years ago our ute fell in this sink hole. Footpath in driveway was repaired but cracks in the curb wasn't which has allowed the sink hole
Pothole, 24 May 2026 unresolved. this is what happened to our ute 9 yrs ago. same location, same sink hole. are you waiting for this to happen again?
Pavement - Damaged, 29 Jan 2026 when it rains our curb breaks more. 3 years ago this happened and there was a sink hole. our vehicle fell through the footpath as you can se
Elsewhere on Ruakaka Street
- 21B Ruakaka Street, 3 reports
- 18 Ruakaka Street, 3 reports
- 2 Ruakaka Street, 2 reports
- 21 Ruakaka Street, 1 report
- 20 Ruakaka Street, 1 report
- 12 Ruakaka Street, 1 report
- 10 Ruakaka Street, 1 report
The civic layer
This ground votes in Hornby ward, the Halswell-Hornby-Riccarton community board is its local layer. Ward lines don’t always follow suburb lines; this one is measured at the pin, not the suburb’s centre. The whole roll is at /wards.
Ruakaka Street, the whole record → · Everything about Hornby → · What stood on this ground → · On the map → · From the air, RetroLens holds the Crown’s aerials back to 1936; search the address there →
Questions, answered briefly
3 council reports on record since January 2026, most often pavement - damaged (2), pothole (1).
Hornby, Christchurch, on Ruakaka Street.
Nothing on the heritage register at this exact spot, the record around this ground →
Denton Park, 220 m to its edge, 7 ha.